Originally Posted by
norcal618
ThThe biggest thing that irks me about the 135mm spaced rear wheel is that it seems to be that 95% of the aftermarket rear wheels for sale are 130mm spaced. And that kinda sucks. I really don't get why Trek went out of their way to use non-standard size parts.
What you are probably finding is that there are very few 135mm spaced wheelsets which are made for rim brakes.
135mm spaced wheelsets that are 700c sized are incredibly common...they are called 29er wheels.
The following is a guideline and not a rule(there are very few rules in bike spec'ing)- 130mm hub spacing is road and 135mm hub spacing is mountain.
Thing is, most mountain bikes(and many hybrids which use mountain components) are spec'd with disc brakes now. Many rims on disc wheels arent made to also handle rim brakes.
A couple of the options I linked earlier are disc or rim brake compatible. On the option from Nashbar, you can see the hub is technically a disc hub(there is a 6 pointed star-like shape on the left side of the hub) but it would work perfectly if paired with a rim brake rim.
The reality is that 135mm wheelsets which are prebuilt and made for rim brakes are a dying breed. If the links above arent quite what you want...
You could have some built using
https://www.universalcycles.com/shop...s.php?id=48612 but that could require a good bit of research on each part of the wheel.
You could also have a local shop build some wheels as all you need is mountain hubs, spokes, and a rim that can handle Vbrakes.